/Experimental metal, Ambient, Screamo, Progressive
metal, Psychedelic/
Comment: Gotikplage was the first nom de plume
of Nic Ross, an artist from Whitehouse, Ohio, USA who headed a fine netlabel
called Modicum Of Silence which was an outlet for different artists from
Whitehouse-environing/Ohio area. Mostly there were up artists who played innovative
electronica, folk and rock fuelled music (Telemetrics, Chad Foltz, Kevin McCraney, Tree No Leaves, Abstressionist etc). Maybe the most well-known artist was
Brothertiger, who gained enough success at the pinnacle of chillwave/glo-fi/hypnagogic hype.
However, this 8-track issue was released when Nic Ross was only 16-year old. We Are Synonymous With Sin is the tight
blend of progressive metal, screamo and ambient music elements being
accentuated with boldly psychedelic organ sounds and concrete music whiffs at times.
Of course, those slowly progressing spaced-out soundscapes are spellbinding
ones. At times the listener can feel as if there is raucous screaming balanced with airy sonic pads. All these tendencies would forebode the forthcoming aesthetics of Our
Subatomic Earth, Ross` next one-man-project. Yet, Gotikplage`s oeuvre was remarkably
more concise because the compositions are particularly short-running, for
instance, reaching the mark of 2 minute only on one occasion at here. In a
nutshell, these 10 minutes and 40 seconds are thoroughly striking.